EU says Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas

Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, says the bloc also does not support a new aid distribution model which bypasses the UN and other humanitarian organisations.

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Kallas also said that the EU did not support a new aid distribution model backed by the US and Israel which bypasses the UN and other humanitarian organisations.

"We don't support the privatisation of the distribution of humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid can not be weaponised", she said.

Israeli air strikes and other military actions since it resumed the war in March following a ceasefire have killed 3,924 people, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Israel says it is acting to destroy Hamas and get back hostages the group holds.

Recent Israel bombardments have killed large numbers of civilians. Last Friday an air strike in Khan Younis killed nine of a Palestinian doctor's 10 children. At least 35 people were killed in a school building sheltering displaced families in northern Gaza overnight into Monday.